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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bulah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bulah and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Bulah:
- 30.493807, -89.071705
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Bulah
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Since Bulah is near Jackson County and also Stone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Bulah
Communities Also Named Bulah ...
We found five communities that are also named Bulah.
Within Mississippi, the name Bulah is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Hancock County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bulah [Hancock County].
- Kentucky
- Hickman County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bulah [Hickman County].
- Louisiana
- Bienville Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Bulah [Bienville Parish].
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- This Bulah is located in Ashtabula County and lies 908 miles [1,461.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Bulah that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Bulah.
- Texas
- Cherokee County
- This Bulah is located in Cherokee County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Bulah that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Bulah.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bulah ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cedar Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Lake is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Coalville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coalville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Edgewater Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewater Park is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Gulfport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jones Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Mill is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
- Mississippi City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- Orange Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Orange Grove is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Pops Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pops Ferry is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pops Ferry
- Success
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Success is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Wool Market
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wool Market is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
- Wool Market has also been known as:
- Woolmarket
How Far From Bulah to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bulah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bulah and extending to:
- Gulfport, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies just to the South.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bulah to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 894 miles [1,438.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,792 miles [10,930.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,496 miles [12,063.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,374 miles [8,648.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Bulah could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bulah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Bulah to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bulah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4938, Longitude: -89.0717 In this case, the coordinates for Bulah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.784 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.159 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.752 degrees. |
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